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Feeding a Hungry Man.

An amusing stratagem is reported
from Paris. A young American lady
was annoyed by the attentions of a
strange Frenchman. She consulted
her aunt and plan was laid. The
next day the young woman encountered
her admirer, who invited her to break
fast. She returned the invitation, and
he accepted. On reaching her apart
ment the young man was startled by
appearance of her aunt My aunt
explained the young woman, this
poor fellow is hungry, and | told him
thought we could find him something
to eat. ''Oh, certainly" answered
the kind-hearted aunt. Marie" she
called out TO the trim maid, take this
man to the kitchen and give him some
bread and meat The unhappy
trenchman was shown through the
toor into the kitchen, whence he was
able to escape by the servants stair
Way-boSiOfs Journal
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If You Would be Happy.
Beware of the man of two faces.


Persevere against Encouragement.
Take a cheerful view of everything,
In all promised pleasures, put self
last.
Trust in God and mind your own
business.
Pray for short memory as to all
unkindnesses.
Do not talk of your private, personal
or family matters.
Put not your trust in money, but put
your money in trust.
Cultivate forbearance till your heart
yields Il fine crop of it.
Give your tongue more holiday than
your hands or your eyes.
Examine into your own short COM
ings rather than those OF others.
Act as if YOU expected to live a hun
dred years, but might die tomorrow.
Compare your manifold blessings
with the trifing annoyances of each
day.
Do the duty that lies nearest thee;
thy second duty viii already have be-
come clearer.
Be content to do the things you can,
ard fret not because you cannot do
everything.
Never reply in kind to sharp or
angry word; it is the second word that
makes the quarrel.
Make the best of what you have, and
do not make yourself miserable by
wishing for what you have not Good
Housekeeping.
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A Wise Army Of Ants.

A traveller in Central America wit
messed the following:
The ants which were of very min
ute size. carried dead, full-grown
scorpion up the wall of our room from
the floor to the ceiling. and thence
along the under surface of beam to a
considerable distance, where at last
they brought it safely into their nest
in the interior of the wood.
During the latter part of this
achievement they had to bear the
whole weight of the scorpion, together
with their own in their inverted posi-
ton, and in this way to move along
the beam. The order was so perfect
that we could not detect the slightest
deviation from an absolute symmetry,
either in the arrangement of the little
army of workmen or in their move
mentS.
No corps of engineers could be drilled
to more absolute perfection in the
performance of mechanical task
According to rough calculation
there must have been five or six hum
dred of these intelligent little creatures
at work.
Besides these engaged in the labor
OF transportation no others were seen.
A single one was sitting on the sting
at the end of the scorpions tail, as if
stationed there to overlook and direct
the whole proceeding; all the rest,
without an exception, were at work.
Youths Companion.
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WEIGHT OF DEAD GRIzzLY.-The
newspapers often kill grizzlies weighing
1900, 1.S0G or even 1000 pounds, and in
any party Of sfrontiersmen talking griz-
Fly" you will find plenty of men who can
give day, time and place where he killed
or helped to kill at least 1900 pounds of
bruin.
did you weigh it?'
'No, we didn't weigh i'm; but every
man as seed i'm said he would weigh it,
aud they was all good jedges, too"
And this is the way that most of the
stories of big bear, big elk, big dee, etc i,
begin and end. Bears are usually,
though not always, killed at considerable
distances from towns, or even ranches,
where it is not easy to find pair of
scales.
The largest | have ever seen would not
weigh more than 700 or 800 pounds, and
do not believe one has ever lived that
would weigh 1000 pounds.-G. Shields
in Harper's Magazine.
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Hates Wish and It's Qualification.

Five little girls were spending a
pleasant evening together, and fell to
discussing what they would most like
to have.
II wish | lived in beautiful palace
with nothing to do but act as | please, .
said little Susie Blake.
80, | wish | was very, very pretty,
so that people would look at me and
say, she's the protest girl ever sawr'
exclaimed Ella Dudley.
"And | do wish more than ANYTHING
else that | had lots and lots of money!
said Dora Kyle.
Il would like to be very smart and
write beautiful story books" said
Margie wilkins.
Your turn now. Katie-what do you
wish for?' asked Margie, seeing that
Katie hesitated.
Il wish to be good-so good" she
said slowly, that all my friends will
love me very dearly, and miss me when
am absent from them," timidly said
little Katie Oats.
why. Katie" exclaimed four loy-
ing voices, you have your wish al
ready; for only this morning we all
agree that the day would not be half so
pleasant if you had not come" said
Margie, drawing Katie's hand in her
own. -Souther7s CUitacGtOr
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mlanitomof pilot.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER /, 1887.
Elephants IN the Lumber Business.

Lazy and clumsy looking as the ele-
phant appears in our menageries,
where it is merely all object of Curl
osity, in Asia it is as useful an animal
rs the horse, and is, indeed, employed
in greater variety of ways.
There are few, if any, tasks which
a horse can be trusted to perform
without care and constant guidance;
whereas the elephant is frequently
given as much independence of action
as a man would have for the same
work. This is notably the case in the
lumber yards of Rangoon and Maui
mein, where the entire operation of
moving and piling the heavy timber is
performed by male elephants without
any special supervision by the keepers.
The logs to be moved are teakwood,
which is very heavy. They are cut
into lengths of twenty feet, with a
diameter or perhaps square, of about
foot. An elephant will 60 to log,
kneel down, thrust his tusks under the
middle of it, curl his trunk over it, test
it to see that it is evenly balanced,
and then rise with it and easily carry
it to the pile which is being made.
Placing the log carefully on the pile
in its proper place, the sagacious ami
NAL will step back few PAGES and
measure with his eye to determine
whether or not the log needs pushing
one way or another. 1t will then
make any necessary alteration of posi-
ton. In this way, without word of
command from its mahout, or driver,
it will go on with its work.
To do any special task, it must, of
course, be directed by the mahout; but
it is marvellous to see how readily this
great creature comprehends its instruc-
lions, and how ingeniously it makes
use of its strength. If log too heavy
to be carried is to be moved a short
distance, the elephant will bend low,
place his great head against the end of
the log and then with certain exer-
ton of strength and weight throw his
body forward and fairly push the log
along; or, to move the log any great
distance, he will encircle it with a
chain and drag mis- load behind him.
As a rule, however, the work of
dragging is done by the female ele-
plants, since, having no tusks, they
cannot carry logs as the male ele-
plants do. A man could hardly dis
play more judgment in the adjustment
of the rope or chain around log, nor
could a man with his two hands tie and
unite knots more skillfully than do
they with their trunk.-John Il. CoryeU,
in 50. Nicholas.
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English and American Compared

There are some objections, no doubt,
to the adoption of the American rail
way system in this country. In Amer
lea railway carriages are all of one
class, SO that passenger can walk
from end to end of the train and choose
his seat in any part of it. But some
modification of this plan migIt be
adopted. All carriages of one class,
for example, might be communicating
or at the worst, a gangway might be
constructed from end to end of each
individual carriage.
1t is true that American cars, having
each only one exit, do not empty them
selves as quickly as English carriages.
On the other hand, there is no mad
rushing about after seats as an Amer
lean train is about to start; the passen-
gers get on board, as they call it, any
where, and find their places after the
train has started. And there is this
further advantage attaching to the
American system, that no cars are
overcrowded while others are empty:
the passengers distribute themselves
evenly along the whole train.-London
Life.
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How May Servants BE Improved.

Most people will admit that average
servants of late years have deterior-
ated, partly owing to the fact that
they are drawn from an inferior class,
and partly because in the terrible
march of mind of the last twenty
years they have been left behind, their
position as class absolutely ignored;
though their failings are ever before
US, nothing has been done for their
improvement. In one respect the
middle classes are unfortunate, they
have TO suffer for the faults of the up
per classes; the kitchen-maid of Bel
grave Square becomes very often the
cook of less aristocratic neighbor-
hood, and the waste and extravaganza
permitted in the kitchen of rich man
are ruinous in the professional mans
semi-detached villa, and the cook gets
blamed for what, after all, is only the
result of improper training. In short,
at the present time servants are either
badly trained or not trained at all.
and therefore we want 4 Kitchen Col
lege.
In other words, we want thorough
ly organized and recognized center,
school, college-the name is immater-
ial-where servants can study and
pass such an examination and gain
such certificate as will be proof of
skill and competence not only IN one
special department, but of general
capacity and respectability; that quail
fcations should be given according to
merit; and that the institution should
be so managed that woman would
feel proud of degree from the "Col-
lege for Domestic Servants" as from
any other college open to women.
Cooks, house-maids, parlor-maids, and
nurses have all well-defined duties,
and a competitive examination is the
best method of testing their skill. A
nurse frequently knows less about
children than any other living crea-
ture; she has the haziest ideas about
draughts, the most supreme contempt
for ventilation, and firmly believes a
baby never cries unless it is hungry,
and forthwith gives the inevitable
bottle, frustrating Natures efforts to
exercise and expand the lungs. A
general servant who can cook toler-
ably and knows little about house
work is the exception; as a rule, she
is deplorably ignorant of both. Up
to the present good character has
been the only guarantee of efficiency,
but it is clear that it is by no means
an infallible test; servant that one
mistress may have thought satisfactory
may prove quite the reverse to an
other But a trained and a certifcat-
ed servant, who knows her work and
does it, would be in position TO ig-
more fault-fnding, or, still more salts
factory, not deserve it, she would be
less liable to dismissal for imaginary
faults, and she would be to great
extent Independent of characters. -
H. Brooke DaUieS, in Popular Science
Monthly.
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HALLS
500 REWARD.
500.

The readers of The MANITowoC
PILOT will be pleased to learn that there
is at least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all its stages,
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood aud mucus surfaces of the sys-
tenn, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease and giving the patient
strength, by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The Projectors have SO much faith in
its curative powers that they offer one
hundred dollars, for any case it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials. Adj
dress,
T. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, rs cts.
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"Shanties."

A "shanty," or, as pedants call it,
''chanty," is song sung by sailors at
their work. The music is ''to a certain
extent traditional" the words-which
are commonly unfit for ears polite
are traditional likewise. The words
and music are divided into two parts
the .'shanty" proper, which is de-
livered by single voice, with or with
out fiddle obligato, and the refrain
and chorus, which are sung with much
straining and Juggling, and with
peculiar breaks and strange and
melancholy stresses by number of
men engaged in the performance of
some piece of bodily labor. The man.
ner is this: We will suppose, for in
stance, that what is wanted is an
anchor song. The fugleman takes his
stand, fiddle in hand, and strikes
up the melody of Away Down
Rio" Then, everything being ready,
he pipes out single line of the song,
and the working party, with strong
pull at the capstan bars, answers with
a long-drawn Away Down Ric." He
sings a second verse, and this is fol-
lowed by the full strength of the
chorus:
For we're bound to Rio Grande,
And away down Rio.
Away down Rio,
Sing fare you Well my pretty young gal,
For we re bound for Rio Grande.
And sc on, through stave after stave,
till the anchors weighted, and the
work being done, the need for song is
gone y.-Saturday ReUieW.
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WONDERFUL CURFS.

W. d. Hoyt & Co.. Wholesale and
Retail Druggists at Rome Ga, say: We
have been selling DIR. Kings New Dis
covery, Electric Bitters and Bucklen's
Arnica Salve for four years. Have never
handled remedies that sell as well, or
give such universal satisfaction. There
have been some wonderful cures effected
by these medicines in this city. Several
cases of pronounced Consumption have
been entirely cured by use of few bot
ties of DR.. Kings New Discovery, taken
in connection with Electric Bitters. We
guarantee them always. Sold by Henry
Hinrichs. /
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First publication Nov. 10. 1871 n,
ADMINISTRATORS SALE,

CTATE OF WISCONSIN.-CoUN Court FOR
= IANTOwOC COUNTY. In Probate.
IN the matter of the estate Of Michael Mullins,
deceased.
Notice IS hereby given, that by virtue and in
pursuance Of an order Of license, made in said
matter. on the 9Th day OF November, 4. D.. 1857.
hy the county court Of said county, the under
signed James Ready. as administrator If the es-
tate Of Michael Mullins, late of the t9wJI OF Cato
in said county deceased, intestate, viii on Satur-
day tho 5rd day Of December. A. D.. 1887, at 10
uclock in the forenoon OF said day, at the office
81 the county Judge, III the city of Manitowoc in
said county, offer for sale and sell at public ven
due the following described lands, to-wit: The
west half Of the northwest quarter of section
five t5} II township nineteen ll9. north, of range
twenty-five or, east, situated IN the county of
ManitOwoc and state Of Wisconsin, and contain
ing about 50 acres Of land. more or less according
TO government survey, less and excepting there
from one acre of land heretofore conveyed from
tie SWi, Of said NW1 aforesaid.
The terms Of sale viii be made known az the
time and place of sale. JAMES READY,
Administrator of said estate.
Dated at Manitowoc, Wis, the sth day of No
yrMber, A. D. 1887.
ochmtz & Kirwan, Attorneys. dec1
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Counting a Widow.

SMITH say. Dumley, you have had
some experience in love affairs and
want your advice. There is a pretty
little widow in Harlem whom [ de-
,yotedly love. In paying my addresses
how often ought to call upon her?
Dnmley-She is widow, YOU say?
Smith-Yes.
Dumley-Seven nights in the week,
my boy, with Wednesday and Satur-
iay matinee.-The Epoch.
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A REPUTATION FOR HUMoR.-Boston
Budget: President Lincoln said once
that the best story he ever read in the
papers of himself was this: Two Quak-
crosses were travelling on the railroad,
and were heard discussing the probale
termination of the war. 81 think" said
the first, "that Jefferson will succeed"
"Why does thee think 500" asked the
other. because Jefferson is praying
man." "And so is Abraham q praying
man," objected the second. eyes, but
the Lord will think Abraham is joking, :"
the first replied, conclusively.
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THE BREATH of chronic catarrh pa
tient is often so offensive that he becomes
an object of disgust. After time Ill
ceration sets in, the spongy bones are
attacked, and frequently entirely destroy
ed. A constant source of discomfort is
the dripping of the purulent secretions
into the throat sometimes producing in
veterate bronchitis, which in its turn has
been the exciting cause of pulmonary di
sease. The brilliant results which have
attended its use for years past properly
designate Ely's Cream Balm as by far
the best and only cure. dec. s
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The Birthplace of Bonanzas.

The site of the old Consolidated Vir-
glnia mill is TO be used henceforth as a
dump for waste rock, the mill having
been torn down and removed else
where. Perhaps there is not another
mill in the world that has turned into
the Golfers of commerce so many dol
lars as this one has. From beneath its
stamps Mackay picked up, it is said,
Soo,ooO,O0O, and Fair, Flood and O'Brien
each nearly as much Hundreds of
others were made enormously rich.
and thousands of miners and employees
have received excellent wages for a
number of years. Now the mill ia
pulled down and the site used for .
waste-dump. TO what base uses do
We come at last! (Neu. Gazette.
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The word ventriloquism in large
letters on poster which was pasted on
a tree, met the eyes of non-prohibi-
ZIONIST at Americas Ga, the other dap,
and, says the veracious chronicler, he
spent FIVE hours in a weary tramp
around the tree endeavoring to de-
cipher it. he never having seen the
word before. He was found PROSTATE
at the foot of the tree, thoroughly
exhausted.
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BUCKLIN'S ARNICA SALyE.

BUCNIIN 3 aRNICA SALN Z.
THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piless, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per.
feet satisfaction of money refunded.
Price Is cents per box. For sale by Fl.
Hinrichs.
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CATARRH CURE

Senator Stanford, of California, is re-
puted to have more money invested in
horsefesh than any other man in the
country. His stables at Palo Alto cover
ten acres and contain 800 horses, which
are cared for by $50 attendants. Some
of his racers are valued as high as $780,
900,
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First nublication October ID. J

First publication October 20 1871
GTAIk OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT FOR
- MANIT0w0C COUNTY.
tatharlna Mertcns. plaintiff, VS.. William Led
derbaum, Louisa IIedderbBum Christophe Hem
trichs, Henry Goere- and Bertha Goerss, defen-
dants.
Notice Is hereby given that by virtue of and
pursuant to a Judgment of foreclosure and order
uf sale, duly made and entered in the above en-
titled action on the 5tn day of October, A. D. 1888
/, tho undersigned sheriff Of the county of Mani
tOwoc IN the state aforesaid, VIII ~ such sheriff
offer Tor sale and sell at public auction, to the
highest and best bidder. for cash. at the office of
said sheriff, In the court house, In the city of
MaRltowoc, in the county and state aforesaid, on
SATURDAY, THE THIRD t3rd) DAY OF DECEMBER,
A. D.. 1885, at ten o clock in the forenoon OF that
day, 70 pay the amount adjudged to said plaintiff
for pTtuCIpGl interest, costs aud taxes, together
with the expenses of sale thereof. the premises
described IN said judgment as follows to-wit
Commencing at the southeast corner of the north
one-thlrd lni3) of the west two-thiTds (ws5) of
the southeast quarter Of the northwest quarter
lset of NV J, Of section thirty, t30), town sew
CnteE1, IL. north. OF range twenty-One t2I
east. in the county Of Nanitowoc and state of
Wisconsin, thence running west one hundred and
nlnety-tiye tlg5} feet. thence north five hundred
and forty-fye lji5l feet, thence in southeastern
~ direction along the line of the Sheboygau and
Calumet Plank Road, two hundred and eighty
three 2o3l feet, thence south three hundred and
sixty-live t3iJl feet, to the point of beginning
containing two ~ acres and twenty-five t22D
square rods, and beng part of the said north y
of west = OF the seli of nwl. of section So town
II, range Fl, aforesaid or SO much thereof as may
he sufficient 70 RAISE the amount due 10 said
plaintiff for said principal, interest and costs,
together with said taxes and costs OF sale.
Dated at MaGItOTOc. Wis, October - A. D.
1887. JOHN BOLEN.
Sheriff Of Maaitowoa county Wis.
j. T.. MoNufien PlFinthfs attorney. ,Esci
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SHE Is THE IDOL OF MY HEART

SHE IS THE IDOL OF MY HEART.
Well, then, why don't you do some
thing to bring back the roses to her
cheeks and the light to her eyes2 Don't
you see she is suffering from nervous de
bility, the result of female weakness?
A bottle of DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic
will brighten those pale cheeks and send
new life through that wasted form. If
yor love her take heed.
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The emperor of Japan is about to start
a printing Office in Toxic, having got the
compositors, pressmen, bookbinders and
electrotypers from the United States
government printing Office at Washing
ton.-Chicago News.
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MEE WANTED. We want @e, y few Tsd more re
a,a and over TO canvass for fun line of nursery
stock TITS WINTER. Ourstock is Euaran-
teed iirst-ClH-s and TRUE 70 NAME As ORDERED.
We give STEADY EMPLOYMENT and
hire on SALARY or COMMISSION as
stamp) II. w. FOSTER 4 CO., Nurserymen,
Geneva, \. Y.
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CFirst publication October 20 1ss7.l

GTTT GGI99er e, 49,
y John W. Barnes, plaintiff. W. John W. o.
Brieu and Augns. t5oldbeck, defendants.
The state OF WiSCousln;-To the said defen-
dants: You are hereby summoned to appear
within twenty days after service OF this summons.
exclusive of The day of service, and defend the
above Catltled action III the court aforesaid; and
in case of your fIllur5 TO do, Judgment will be
rendered against you according to the demand of
the complaint; of which a copy Is herewith sery-
ed upon you. NASH 81 NASH
decl Plaintiffs Attorneys.
7. o. Address, MaHitovoc. 8Ianitowoc County
Wisconsin.
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